When he came, he was light chariots and three men and three riders quietly arrived in Cenzhou. When he returned, it would never work. Earlier, Yue Kaishan wanted Qin Feng to leave as fast as possible, but now Qin Feng proposed to leave, but he refused to agree. He knelt in front of Qin Feng with a large number of officials in the county and begged Qin Feng and other guards to arrive before starting the journey.

Without any help, Qin Feng had to stay in Cenzhou.

In the following days, the garrisons from Yingzhou and other places first arrived, and then the garrisons around Cenzhou arrived one after another. At this time, they learned from the Eagle Nest that the Fire Death Camp in Qin Feng's specific location and ran all the way to Cenzhou. At this time, Qin Feng was finally able to embark on the way back.

As the county magistrate, Yue Kaishan naturally sent the emperor to the border of the county magistrate. There, the next county magistrate had long been waiting for the welcome. The two of them walked side by side. The sky seemed particularly blue and the air seemed particularly sweet. What made them even happier was that the ground that could only see thick dust had now appeared with a layer of green buds. Nothing could make these two people happy.

The earth is showing them the tenacity of life. Even after such a long period of terrible drought and natural disasters, life will immediately recover when the nectar drops.

The people of Cenzhou are fierce, but they are also enthusiastic and even fanatical. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty successfully prayed for rain, which brought the blessings to the people of Cenzhou. On the way back, Qin Feng immediately saw their rewards. Every time he passed by a town or a village, the people almost came out in full bloom, stood on both sides of the road, and worshiped the carriage far away.

Because the army set up cordons on both sides of the road, they could not get close at all. If not, Qin Feng even suspected that they would rush up to surround him and cheer.

At this time, Qin Feng naturally showed the demeanor of a wise monarch who loved the people as much as his son. He stood on a tall horse and kept waving to the people around him. Every time he waved, he would attract even greater cheers.

After several days of continuous progress, Qin Feng's face became a little stiff. It was not until this time that he realized that it was not easy to keep such a smile as Hexi. Fortunately, Cenzhou is pitifully few people now, and there are only more than 200,000 people left on the huge territory. If it were his heyday, Qin Feng would probably have a cramp in his face.

However, although people work hard, they are full of joy. After this incident, the stability of the hearts of the people in the West and the overall integration into the Ming Dynasty will accelerate much faster. In such an era, personal charm, especially the emperor's personal charm, has unstoppable attraction.

Even Qin Feng himself never thought that a drought that such a big trouble in the eyes of the court would eventually turn into a great thing. It was really a blessing that lies in the misfortune, and misfortune that lies in the misfortune.

It is nothing more than a blessing in disguise.

Yue Kaishan was naturally very happy. In the future, the difficulty of his management of Cenzhou will plummet. In the process of using a lot of people to dig canals and repair roads and build water conservancy projects, he can basically be sure to be able to respond. Cenzhou is not like the local area of ​​the Ming Dynasty. All projects are carried out through the government purchase. Cenzhou has no financial resources, and secondly, he also wants to save money to do other things. With this matter as a foundation, he only needs to pay less money in the future to do more things.

This is not that his Yue Kaishan is harsh on the people, but that Cenzhou is too poor. Even if the court will provide assistance, compared to what Cenzhou has to do, it is still a drop in the bucket. A penny needs to be spent in several petals.

Fortunately, people in Cenzhou have always lived in bran jars. Now they add a few handfuls of rice to the bran jars, which is enough to make the people in Cenzhou happy. In the future, the situation will gradually add more rice to it until they change all the brans into rice. In this way, when they leave Cenzhou, a umbrella of people will definitely be able to take home.

I felt comfortable all the way. The only thing that made Yue Kaishan embarrassed was that the road conditions in Cenzhou were too poor. The heavy rain just now made the drought in Cenzhou never come back, but it also made the road muddy and difficult to move. In addition, there are guards in front of the team now, and countless people and horses passed by. By the time Qin Feng arrived, he would basically be unable to watch the road.

He advised Qin Feng to ride the carriage he followed several times, but Qin Feng refused without hesitation. Yue Kaishan thought that Qin Feng wanted to comfort the people along the way and let the people see his figure. He believed that his promise in Cenzhou was not a rumor. He didn't know that Qin Feng knew the current road situation. Not to mention the carriage that Yue Kaishan had left him in the Huzhu, he would still suffer. It would be better to ride on a horse and sit on it.

For an emperor like him, riding a horse is commonplace, and he doesn't think it's a long journey. Of course, freedom also has to pay the price. This is that whether Qin Feng or Yue Kaishan is covered with mud, his clothes are almost turned yellow.

Officials of the Ming Dynasty have now formed a consensus that if you want to be rich, you must first build roads. After each official takes office, the first thing he needs to do after understanding the most basic situation is to build roads.

If there is no main road to build the main road, if all the main roads are built, the branch line will be built. Even the branch line will be almost completed. Then we will strive to connect every village and every household. Anyway, road construction seems to have become one of the necessary subjects for assessing an official. So, like the local area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, the transportation network has been quite perfect, and the improvement of the road traffic network has narrowed the distance between various places, strengthened the exchanges between the people, and greatly reduced the circulation of materials and personnel exchanges in various places, further promoted the prosperity of commerce and the increase of wealth.

But after Yue Kaishan took office, he had not had time to do anything, and drought disasters came unexpectedly. Not to mention building roads, it would be enough to make the people not cause trouble or rebel.

"Your Majesty, the improvement of the road has been included in the county government's plan and will start before the canal. The main road will be built along the canal. At that time, there will be boats on the water and avenues on the land. This situation will not happen again." He looked at the mud ideas on himself and Qin Feng in embarrassment and said.

"The road must be taken step by step, and the rice must be eaten bit by bit. Yue County Governor, with the current situation in Cenzhou, you must not want to become a fat man, and you cannot control the people too much. The people's strength is exhausted! Come slowly, have we promised a five-year period? Five years later, I will come to Cenzhou again to see your canal, your avenue, and your Cenzhou melons and sand jujube forests, how about it?"

Yue Kaishan bowed excitedly and said, "Your Majesty, when you come back five years later, I promise you that you will see a new Cenzhou with a stable and prosperous life, a new Cenzhou with rich resources, prosperous business and complete transportation. Cenzhou will not always be a burden to the court, but will become one of the powerful limbs of the Ming Dynasty."

"This is exactly what I hope for." Qin Feng laughed.

It was very fast when I went there, but it was slow all the way back. Qin Feng had to approach and express his condolences all the way through the county and county. The officials in the west were not as good as those in the local officials in the Ming Dynasty. They were basically still rolling in the mud. Although most areas were better than those facing Yue Kaishan, the conditions were also extremely difficult. Qin Feng naturally had to cheer them up and boast about a bright future.

In fact, Qin Feng's decision to build a canal did play a great role in promoting these prefectures and counties along the way. Now all prefectures and counties are full of energy. Without Qin Feng's mobilization, they are all like chicken blood being injected into blood and are ready to do something.

Although local officials in the Ming Dynasty lived a good life, it was much harder to achieve some results. For example, in last year's assessment, many officials only received one first-class assessment. The Ming Dynasty assessed officials, but they were just a waste of their achievements. If they could not achieve results, they would not expect to get the highest assessment. If they could not get the highest assessment for three consecutive years, they would basically become a big problem. In the western region, there was a low starting point and a weak foundation, so it would be easier to make some results. For example, in the first year, many people just comforted the people in the jurisdiction to be content and not cause trouble. During the year-end assessment, they easily got a top-class. If they make a difference in people's livelihood, they would be well written into the official's files. If they were promoted for three consecutive years, they would be promoted without promotion.

By the time Qin Feng returned to Huzhu, it was already golden autumn October. Compared with the desolate western county seat, these places looked like a paradise. The crops in the fields had been harvested, and the farmers were burning orange poles, and there was a strong atmosphere of fireworks everywhere. Everyone was preparing for the next round of farming. The land gave people information on survival, but they were also a difficult master. You missed the land for a while, and you missed the year.

Qin Feng enjoyed this kind of fireworks because it represented his empire and had another year of harvest. Compared with previous years, the empire's days this year seemed a little more difficult. Droughts and floods hit one by one. The military and pensions against Chu made the treasury empty. Now that the autumn harvest is harvested, I think it should be more full.

A large number of officials including the Ministry of Works, Commerce Department, Tiangong Department have already been waiting in Hulao. Even the county magistrate of Yong County, Zhong Zhen, arrived at Hulao, waiting for Qin Feng's return. Qin Feng decided to build a canal to Cenzhou, which involved various departments in all aspects of the entire empire. This was a comprehensive project and there were too many issues to consider. Hulao County, the source of this canal, naturally became the terminal for everyone to gather, and Yong County, as the political and economic center of the west, naturally could not get around.
Chapter completed!